NTSB CAROL · Event
Event NYC69A0073
Registry · N445DM
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
DJI AGRAS T100
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A55D87
Registrant of record
NUWAY AG LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
BEECH TC-45G · N445DM
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
A1
Operator type
E
Airport
HANCOCK
Kind of flying
CJ
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Temp
12° F
Aircraft history
Total time
5,680 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
9,080
Age
34
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
AFLD. DROVE INTO ACFT. PATCHES OF GRND FOG.
Investigator remarks
MAIL FLT. AUTO DRIVER UNAUTHORIZED TO OPERATE ON
Cause factors
- 68/A/K5 A PERSONNEL DRIVER OF VEHICLE Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 82/J/C J WEATHER FOG Joint cause
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 1056.
Source file
NTSB_1969_3_1056.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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